Larry Bunker – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Larry Bunker was a jazz musician who played drum kit and vibraphone. Larry Bunker was born on 4 November 1928 in Long Beach and died on 8 March 2005 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz and cool jazz.

Lawrence Benjamin Bunker (November 4, 1928 – March 8, 2005) was an American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist. A member of the Bill Evans Trio in the mid-1960s, he also played timpani with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra.

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Albums where Larry Bunker is credited as a sideman

1953	Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman — Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman	drums (drum set)
1953	Lee Konitz Plays With the Gerry Mulligan Quartet — Lee Konitz Plays With the Gerry Mulligan Quartet	drums (drum set)
1954	Barney Kessel — Barney Kessel	vibraphone
1954	Something Cool — June Christy	drums (drum set)
1954	Jazz Studio Two — Herb Geller, Milt Bernhart, John Graas, Don Fagerquist, Howard Roberts, Marty Paich, Curtis Counce, Larry Bunker	drums (drum set)
1955	Lullabies of Birdland — Ella Fitzgerald	drums (drum set)
1955	Music for Torching — Billie Holiday	drums (drum set)
1955	Songs From Pete Kelly’s Blues — Peggy Lee	drums (drum set)
1955	The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker — Chet Baker	drums (drum set)
1955	Pacific Jazz Records 1213 — Bud Shank	drums (drum set)
1955	Songs by Bobby Short — Bobby Short	drums (drum set)
1956	Pick Yourself Up With Anita O’Day — Anita O’Day	vibraphone
1956	Barney Kessel, Volume 1: Easy Like — Barney Kessel	vibraphone
1956	Jazz for Relaxation — Marty Paich / Larry Bunker / Joe Mondragon	drums (drum set), vibraphone
1956	Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter — Sonny Criss	vibraphone
1957	Body and Soul — Billie Holiday	drums (drum set)
1957	Boy With Lots of... BRASS — Maynard Ferguson	drums (drum set)
1957	Gene Norman Presents Mel Torme at the Crescendo — Mel Tormé	accordion, percussion
1957	Surf Ride — Art Pepper	drums (drum set)
1957	Fair and Warmer! — June Christy	vibraphone
1958	Songs for Distingué Lovers — Billie Holiday	drums (drum set)
1958	El Tigre — Barney Kessel - Harold Land	vibraphone
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald	percussion
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Volume 1 — Ella Fitzgerald	percussion
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Vol. 2 — Ella Fitzgerald	percussion
1959	All or Nothing at All — Billie Holiday	drums (drum set)
1959	The Music From Peter Gunn — Henry Mancini	vibraphone
1959	More Music From Peter Gunn — Henry Mancini	vibraphone
1959	I Like Men! — Peggy Lee	drums (drum set)
1959	Aspects — Benny Carter	vibraphone

Historic 78 rpm records

NIGHT AND DAY HARRY BABASON TRIO · Harry Babason · Hampton Hawes · Larry Bunker ·… · 1952 archive.org ↗
WHERE OR WHEN HARRY BABASON TRIO · Harry Babason · Hampton Hawes · Larry Bunker ·… · 1952 archive.org ↗